Download Verb Tenses: The Future Perfect Continuous

Verb Tenses:
The Future Perfect Continuous
Created by Kathryn Reilly
Verb Tense Background
• Verbs change their form to allow writers to
accurately describe events.
• Verbs alert the reader if the action is in the
past, present or future.
• Within these three main time frames, actions
can be further broken down.
The Future Perfect Continuous
Background
• The future perfect continuous tense describes an
event of some time being over in the future.
• This tense is used to describe an action that a
person is often involved in for a period of time.
• This tense requires three auxiliary verbs: will,
have and been.
Creating the Future
Perfect Continuous
• To create the future perfect continuous:
Subject + will + have + been + -ing verb
I will have been teaching for twenty years next
September.
The war will have been raging for five years this winter.
Future Perfect
Continuous Examples
• The future perfect continuous tense is used to
describe a long event ending in the future.
– At 46, she will have been dancing for over twenty
years.
– Next year the treasure will have been missing for three
centuries.
Be Aware…
• …when phrasing a question in the future perfect
continuous, will should begin the question
followed by the subject.
– Will I have been negotiating a cease fire for two
years?
• …contractions may be used when creating this
tense.
– She won’t have been writing for two years this June.